#7
lol.... it means what it says. Had Paul meant to Hell he would have said so. Scholars who study the language know what it means, and I've read those scholars.
Heaven and Hell aren't the only choices; there are many rewards or not in Heaven, and some will be rewarded more than others.
David had a friend of his killed so he could have the friend's wife, Bathsheba. He wasn't punished to Hell, he was punished by not being allowed to build the Second Temple, rather his son Solomon did.
Your sins and mine are as bad as anyone else's, including people who are gay by choice or circumstance. "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Paul again in the same Roman letter.
God sees sins as all same in that they are imperfections, albeit some may have worse consequences than others. My old Pastor from Stanford put it this way: Imagine you are atop the Empire State Building looking down at two people on the street.
One is Shaq O'Neill and the other Danny DeVito. But from your height, there is so little difference that they look the same to you.
Lighten up, Major; you are no one's judge in this world or the next. You get to make choices and have opinions, but you don't get to condemn others in this world or the next.
And if you do, it will be as Paul said, you will be judged by the same harsh judgement you have used, Toe Boy.